Maybe people like regardless of how useful you are. I like you as you are and because we have so many shared interests, not because you are 'of use' to me or solve my problems. I want to sit in your garden and hang out and listen to you talk about the plants and I scheme an art project related to them.

Then I saw you are actually referring to LHMP, not friendship.

So would you want people to like you because you are useful to them or would that make you feel used? I'm curious.